get_themes

The timeline below displays how wordpress function get_themes has changed across different WordPress versions. If a version is not listed, refer to the next available version below.

WordPress Version: 4.6

/**
 * Retrieve list of themes with theme data in theme directory.
 *
 * The theme is broken, if it doesn't have a parent theme and is missing either
 * style.css and, or index.php. If the theme has a parent theme then it is
 * broken, if it is missing style.css; index.php is optional.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.4.0 Use wp_get_themes()
 * @see wp_get_themes()
 *
 * @return array Theme list with theme data.
 */
function get_themes()
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.4.0', 'wp_get_themes()');
    global $wp_themes;
    if (isset($wp_themes)) {
        return $wp_themes;
    }
    $themes = wp_get_themes();
    $wp_themes = array();
    foreach ($themes as $theme) {
        $name = $theme->get('Name');
        if (isset($wp_themes[$name])) {
            $wp_themes[$name . '/' . $theme->get_stylesheet()] = $theme;
        } else {
            $wp_themes[$name] = $theme;
        }
    }
    return $wp_themes;
}

WordPress Version: 4.4

/**
 * Retrieve list of themes with theme data in theme directory.
 *
 * The theme is broken, if it doesn't have a parent theme and is missing either
 * style.css and, or index.php. If the theme has a parent theme then it is
 * broken, if it is missing style.css; index.php is optional.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.4.0 Use wp_get_themes()
 * @see wp_get_themes()
 *
 * @return array Theme list with theme data.
 */
function get_themes()
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.4', 'wp_get_themes()');
    global $wp_themes;
    if (isset($wp_themes)) {
        return $wp_themes;
    }
    $themes = wp_get_themes();
    $wp_themes = array();
    foreach ($themes as $theme) {
        $name = $theme->get('Name');
        if (isset($wp_themes[$name])) {
            $wp_themes[$name . '/' . $theme->get_stylesheet()] = $theme;
        } else {
            $wp_themes[$name] = $theme;
        }
    }
    return $wp_themes;
}

WordPress Version: 3.7

/**
 * Retrieve list of themes with theme data in theme directory.
 *
 * The theme is broken, if it doesn't have a parent theme and is missing either
 * style.css and, or index.php. If the theme has a parent theme then it is
 * broken, if it is missing style.css; index.php is optional.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.4.0
 * @deprecated Use wp_get_themes()
 * @see wp_get_themes()
 *
 * @return array Theme list with theme data.
 */
function get_themes()
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.4', 'wp_get_themes()');
    global $wp_themes;
    if (isset($wp_themes)) {
        return $wp_themes;
    }
    $themes = wp_get_themes();
    $wp_themes = array();
    foreach ($themes as $theme) {
        $name = $theme->get('Name');
        if (isset($wp_themes[$name])) {
            $wp_themes[$name . '/' . $theme->get_stylesheet()] = $theme;
        } else {
            $wp_themes[$name] = $theme;
        }
    }
    return $wp_themes;
}